VUB Licensing Opportunity On-­‐chip creation of novel wavelengths in mass-­‐manufacturable waveguides Creating novel wavelengths on a photonic chip has many application possibilities in various domains ranging from data-­‐ and telecommunications to on-­‐chip spectroscopy and biosensing. An often used process for creating new wavelengths is nonlinear wavelength conversion in on-­‐chip waveguides. To ensure sufficient optical power conversion towards the new wavelength, a commonly used strategy is to use rather exotic waveguide dimensions to make the wavelength conversion process efficient. Such exotic waveguide dimensions, however, do not allow mass-­‐fabrication of the photonic chips in large-­‐scale foundries. Solution Therefore, the Brussels Photonics Team (B-­‐PHOT) has developed an alternative approach for designing on-­‐
chip waveguides allowing efficient wavelength conversion while complying with the standard waveguide fabrication rules of photonic chip foundries. Competitive advantages •
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Efficient wavelength conversion in compact waveguides on a photonic chip Wavelength conversion in mass-­‐manufacturable photonic chips Interested parties can contact Knowledge & Technology Transfer Interface Hugo Loosvelt [T]: +32 (0)2 629 38 65 or 22 07 [E]: [email protected] Brussels Photonics Team (B-­‐PHOT) Prof. Dr. Ir. Nathalie Vermeulen [E]: nvermeul@b-­‐phot.org Patent details WO 2011/113499 A1 (‘Methods and systems for converting or amplifying’; inventors: N. Vermeulen, J. E. Sipe, H. Thienpont) WO 2016/046349 A1 (‘System for nonlinear optical wave-­‐mixing’; inventors: N. Vermeulen, H. Thienpont) US 8873133 B2 (‘Bent structures and resonators with quasi-­‐phase-­‐matched four-­‐wave-­‐mixing and methods for converting or amplifying light’; inventors: N. Vermeulen, J. E. Sipe, H. Thienpont); rights granted US 9223187 B2 (‘Methods and systems for nonlinear optical wave-­‐mixing’; inventors: N. Vermeulen, J. E. Sipe, H. Thienpont); rights granted